1. Understand and evaluate the German reactions to the Treaty of Versailles
Lesson Sequence:
1. PowerPoint Presentation
2. Source Exercise
2. Empathy Exercise - Letter to Newspaper
Instructions:
- Download and review the PowerPoint on the main aspects of the Treaty of Versailles.
- Study the Source below and answer the question listed on a seperate sheet.
- Complete the empathy exercise which is a typed letter to the Berlin Times on a sepearate sheet
- The instructions for each actvity are below. All work is to be typed (not handwritten) and handed in to your History Rep on Wednesday
3rd March when you return to school.
A German Cartoon from 1919. The German mother is saying to her child: ‘When we have paid one hundred billion marks then I can give you something to eat.’
Source Question
1. How reliable is the source in telling us the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany? Explain your answer using the three step guide that we have discussed in class.
3. Empathy Exercise
Imagine you are a German Citizen living in Berlin in 1919 just after the Treaty of Versailles has been signed. Write a letter to the Berlin Times expressing how you feel about the Treaty and what it means to you as a German citizen. Look in the Straits Times letters section to see how to set this out. As a guide it should be around 250 words.
Lesson Objectives:
1. Understand and evaluate the German reactions to the Treaty of Versailles
Lesson Sequence:
1. PowerPoint Presentation
2. Source Exercise
2. Empathy Exercise - Letter to Newspaper
Instructions:
- Download and review the PowerPoint on the main aspects of the Treaty of Versailles.
- Study the Source below and answer the question listed on a seperate sheet.
- Complete the empathy exercise which is a typed letter to the Berlin Times on a sepearate sheet
- The instructions for each actvity are below. All work is to be typed (not handwritten) and handed in to your History Rep on Wednesday
3rd March when you return to school.
1. PowerPoint
2. Source Exercise
A German Cartoon from 1919. The German mother is saying to her child: ‘When we have paid one hundred billion marks then I can give you something to eat.’
Source Question
1. How reliable is the source in telling us the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany? Explain your answer using the three step guide that we have discussed in class.
3. Empathy Exercise
Imagine you are a German Citizen living in Berlin in 1919 just after the Treaty of Versailles has been signed. Write a letter to the Berlin Times expressing how you feel about the Treaty and what it means to you as a German citizen. Look in the Straits Times letters section to see how to set this out. As a guide it should be around 250 words.